Book of the Month April 2026 Selections

The Book of the Month April 2026 selections are here! Decide which of these books you want to add to your subscription box.

Book of the Month is my favorite subscription box. Every month, I choose between their curated book selections, and voila! A blue box arrives at my door carrying one (or two or three) new books for me to read.

Each month, Book of the Month chooses between five to seven hardcover books you can choose from. Rather listen to an audiobook? Book of the Month has those, too! Now you can opt for audiobooks as your monthly pick or add them on at any time during the month.

Every month, I will highlight the books chosen and let you know my thoughts on the chosen titles. 

Even if you don’t have a Book of the Month subscription (yet), I think you’ll find value in looking at a curated list of new releases.

Keep scrolling to see all the details about the Book of the Month April 2026 selections and to find out which one I’m adding to my subscription box.

Book of the Month is a monthly subscription book service highly popular among the book community. Trust me, once you try it, you’ll be hooked.

How it Works

Each month, a panel of judges chooses at least five books for you to choose from. The Book of the Month selections cover different genres and are always special edition hardcovers. Often, the chosen books haven’t been published yet, so you get to be one of the first people to read them.

At the beginning of the month, you choose one book to add to your box and shortly thereafter the little blue box arrives at your door. If you aren’t loving any of the selected books, you just skip that month and your credits will just roll over to the next month. Or, after your third box, you can choose from five member favorite books for your month’s selection instead.

On the other hand, if you want more than one book, once you’ve chosen your initial book, you can add-on up to four additional books at a discounted rate. These add-ons can be from the current month’s selection, be favorites from previous months, or be new releases specially included in the add-on catalog.

Book of the Month runs two different pricing plans. On the monthly plan, you get one credit a month for $17. If you are willing to pay upfront, the yearly plan gives you 12 credits for $168, which averages out to $14 a book. For a hardcover new release, both prices are a steal.

Even better, when you include additional books into your box, they are only $10 each! 

Book of the Month also offers 3, 6, and 9-month gift cards if you are considering purchasing it as a gift.

For new subscribers, Book of the Month’s homepage almost always has a special offer to get your first book for $10. But I can do you one better. If you are interested in joining, you can use this Book of the Month Club referral link to get your first book for $5 right now!

But wait, there’s more! Once you’ve chosen your 12th book from Book of the Month, you join the BFF club and get a special Book of the Month tote.

After that, you’ll get a free add-on every year for your birthday month. Plus, when the end of the year rolls around, you get one of the top 5 Book of the Month selections from the year for free. That’s an additional two books each year for no additional cost.

What are you waiting for? Join Book of the Month and get your first book at a discounted price!

Natalie Heller Mills has build a growing brand as a tradwife, raising six children with her cowboy husband in a rustic farmhouse. A brand that conveniently overlooks all the nannies, producers and modern-day behind-the-scenes amenities. When Natalie wakes up to find her family living in 1855, she must figure out if it’s time travel or a new reality show. Because what she portrays as a charming traditional lifestyle is a nightmare in real life.

Publication Date: 7 April 2026
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In the debut of a new romantasy trilogy, Astrid is the last witch and heir to the Queendom of Aturea. She has always known she is destined to die in a duel against the powerful dragon riding prince of Vatra for the source of all magic. Meanwhile, Skylar and her troupe are traveling to Vatra’s captial to profit from the crowds gathering for the duel. When her best friend is conscripted, Skylar’s path crosses with Astrid and they two might end up saving or dooming their world.

Publication Date: 28 April 2026
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In a Seoul workplace, IT technician Junyoung has implanted a network of hidden cameras all over the building to peep at all the female employees. Junyoung’s obsession settles on Dahye, a romantic living under her perfect dead sister’s shadow who seems to only be appreciated by her rich handsome boyfriend. When a hidden camera rocks the city, Dahye’s boyfriend abandons her, her parents reject her, and her grip on reality begins to shatter until she is ready to go to extreme lengths to discover the truth.

Publication Date: 28 April 2026
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The curmudgeonly old Elsie Fitzpatrick has lived on Kenny Lane for sixty years and mostly kept to herself until the nosy little girl across the street insists on becoming Elsie’s friend. When Elsie’s neighbor dies, the police are quick to suspect Elsie after they learn she is the notorious “Mad Mabel.” For the people around Elsie have a history of dying. With a focus on relationships and emotions, Mad Mabel would make a thought-provoking read for any book club looking for a heartwarming mystery with solid twists.

Publication Date: 21 April 2026
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Annie has always known what’s best for everyone. But when she is fired from her job and her sister gets engaged to the worst man, she finds herself knocked sideways. Landing a job with her company’s data strategy team, Annie fights to seem capable in a role she knows nothing. As sparks fly with the handsome interim department head and her sister seems set on her own choices, Annie begins to accept that she might, in fact, not know everything.

Publication Date: 7 April 2026
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A Hungarian immigrant raising her daughter in Los Angeles, Sonia does her best to understand America and its mysterious cultural ways. Meanwhile, sixth grade Mila is desperately trying to be cool while wishing her mother would open up about her life. When Mila finds emails between Sonia and an unknown man, Mila sets out to discover her birth father in this mother-daughter story that bounces between the Cold War and the early 2000s.

Publication Date: 14 April 2026
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Recently, Book of the Month has started including audiobooks as another option for your monthly picks. Instead of choosing a hardcover copy, you can choose one of these audiobooks as your main selection this month.

April’s Audiobooks:

Sometimes, it happens. If none of the April 2026 Book of the Month selections are calling your name, don’t despair. After your third box, you now have another option!

Previously, if you didn’t love the five choices, you would have to skip the whole month. Now if you have BFF status, you can choose a member fave hardcover for your monthly box and then add-on up to four more books if you choose.

Member Faves:

Book of the Month also includes a few extra releases on top of their monthly selections. Once you have picked your main selection, you can choose to add-on these new books (or any past release) to your box. 

April’s New Books:

If I hadn’t already read and loved an advanced copy of Mad Mabel, Sally Hepworth’s latest domestic thriller would have easily been my pick this month.

Which worked out for me because I have been hearing good things about Yesteryear and have desperately wanted to read it. I live in Utah so tradwives are a fascinating topic for me but I’m excited to have something a little more creative than your standard thriller.

Lastly, I decided to fill my box with The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clark, a pseudonym for V. E. Schwab and Cat Clark. I am hit and miss with V. E. Schwab’s fantasy and science fiction tales but I’m curious what she can bring to the mystery genre. And I do find it hard to resist a locked room mystery.

Which of the Book of the Month April 2026 Selections Are You Going to Pick?

What books can you not wait to get your hands on this month? Or are you skipping this month’s selections? As always, let me know in the comments!

More New Book Releases:

• Book of the Month March 2026
• April 2026 Book Releases
• Book of the Month: All the 2026 Selections

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